Undercover Police Officer

Minneapolis, MN: (Nov-26-07) Duy Ngo, a Minneapolis city police officer, brought charges against the city after he was shot by a fellow officer while working undercover in February 2003. The suit stated that Ngo had been alone doing undercover gang surveillance on 3rd Avenue South and Clinton Avenue South just before 3 a.m. when a suspect shot him through the driver's side window. He escaped being killed because of his bulletproof vest. The officer claimed that he radioed for help and made it to the street where he waved his arms for the responding officers. Officers Charles Storlie and Jamie Conway responded and jumped out of the car when they spotted Ngo. Storlie mistook him for the suspect and fired at him with a semiautomatic machine gun. Ngo suffered at least six bullet wounds to the left arm, thigh, groin and buttocks.

As part of a settlement reached, the city agreed to pay Ngo $4.5 million. Sources state that the settlement is the largest ever involving a Minneapolis police officer. [WCCO NEWS: UNDERCOVER SHOOTING]

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Published on Nov-27-07